Just days after the Federal Trade Commission reportedly voted to levy a $22.5 million fine against Google Inc. for privacy violations, the Internet company is back in hot water, this time with authors angry over its digitization of their books.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will levy a $22.5 million fine against Google Inc. to settle allegations that the search giant bypassed privacy settings on Apple Inc.’s Safari browser, according to Reuters.

On May 4, in what appears to be an about-face from a March 2011 order in another case, the Federal Circuit granted a petition for writ of mandamus and vacated an Eastern District of Texas order denying motions to sever and transfer.